Starting Your Life Over Again in Another Country

If you are sick of the never ending invasion
of government taxes, the escalating cost of health care, the political rancor
between the left and the right the ever decreasing purchasing power of the
dollar, frustrating driver commutes, I invite you to heed the words of the
inimitable Simon Black of Sovereign Man.

Today, we invite Simon to rap about the TRUTH
about “starting over.” And how now, these days, despite Big Gubmint, more than
ever in history, you have the power.

Read on…

How two people from New York started over in Chile

Simon
Black

Yesterday on the drive back to Santiago
from one of our blueberry farms, I stopped to visit some friends who lived in
the area.

About a year ago they bought some land
in Chile’s incredibly fertile 7th region, which boasts a rare Mediterranean
climate.

It never gets too hot, and it never
gets too cold. Plus, the rich, volcanic soil is packed with powerful nutrients.

As long as you’re in the right spot to
ensure ample water security, the place is an agricultural paradise (our
agriculture company owns two large farms in the region).

There are literally four other places
on the planet with this combination-- southern California, South Australia, the
Western Cape of South Africa, and parts of the Mediterranean itself.

That’s it.

Yet by comparison to those other
places, land in Chile is remarkably cheap.

Our agriculture company purchased
several thousand acres in this prime region back in 2015 for about $1,700 per
acre.

Similar property in California,
especially given how much water we have, would easily sell for 10x to 20x that
price.

My friends bought several acres of land
for themselves as a sort of homestead, and they’re now living in a gorgeous
setting surrounded by mountains and multiple rivers with cool, crystal clear
water and a steady supply of fish.

They’re raising livestock and have a
garden, plus I got them started with a gift of some baby trees which are
already producing fruit in their first season.

It feels like lifetimes away from when
they were living in New York City.

We were talking about it all yesterday,
about how powerful it feels to be totally independent.

My friends purchased the land outright
(again, land is inexpensive). Then they paid about $55,000 to build their home.

The house is quite nice -- comfortably
spacious with four bedrooms.

And it’s all wired up with the latest
gadgetry and home automation, with all sorts of sensors to control appliances
and conduct routine tasks.

So they now have a roof over their
heads and plenty of land to do whatever they want, and they own it all
outright… they don’t owe a penny on any of it.

They can feed themselves, they have
their own water, and they can produce their own energy.

This is an extremely powerful feeling,
knowing that, no matter what happens (or doesn’t happen), you’re always going
be able to thrive.

And that’s precisely the point.

I’m not trying to convince you to rush
out and buy some homestead property, or to leave the country.

(Though it doesn’t hurt to at least
plant a small garden… or to look into your options to obtain a second residency
or even passport.)

The larger idea is that, in the face of
such obvious risks, rational people make plans and take steps that make sense
no matter what happens.

My friends had concerns. They were
living in New York before and didn’t like the trends they saw in their home
country.

There was too much debt. Too much war. Too
much money printing. Too many lies. Too much spying. Too much violence. Too
much uncertainty.

They wanted to distance themselves from
conditions that made them uncomfortable.

So they made a very deliberate plan and
took steps that led them to where they are today-- living in their own
paradise. And they couldn’t be happier.

These guys aren’t hiding from the
world. He’s still working in technology and she’s still producing art… exactly
what they used to do.

They’re able to work from anywhere on
the planet, including on their homestead in central Chile.

There’s no downside in them living in a
place that makes them happy, working remotely, eating organic home-grown food,
and not having any debt.

But if the risks they were concerned
about turn into far bigger problems, their decision may end up being the best
they ever made.

No matter what, they’re thriving.

You may share some of the same concerns
that they had.

If so, it doesn’t mean you have to get
on a plane.

That was the right plan for them. It
might not be right plan for most people.

But there are countless other steps you
can take without having to leave your living room, to ensure that, no matter
what happens next, you can thrive too.

For example, you can withdraw money out
of a risky financial system, take some easy steps to enhance your digital
privacy, or structure a more robust retirement plan that helps ensure you don’t
have to rely on a failing pension system.

These are just a few of the dozens of
solutions that you can execute yourself… and quite easily.

Most of us have been programmed,
practically from birth, to outsource our problems.

When we see big trends and big risks,
we’re told to go to a voting booth to elect someone who promises to solve all
the problems.

They say, “I’m going to fix the
system,” or “I’m going to create jobs.”

Bullshit. We’re the ones who are in
control of our own lives. We can fix our own system. We can create our own
jobs.

Anyone can get started with a
profitable e-commerce business with a very tiny investment.

Anyone can take steps to reduce their
exposure to the enormous risks in the system, ranging from insolvent pension
funds to unprecedented government debts.

It’s 2017.

Compared to our ancestors who had to
slog it out with their bare hands, we have unparalleled resources and enormous,
global opportunities at our fingertips.

All it takes to get started is the
proper education, and the will to act.

Postscript:“Why I’m glad I
watched the election from Ecuador…Divisiveness has become a way of life in the
US.Every media outlet thrives on
it.Covering the news is no longer
business as usual.Instead, they
cultivate target audiences by pandering to and confirming the biases of viewers
in order to drive market share and ad revenue.I’ve been watching this now for 15 years from outside the US and am glad
I moved.We have all the conveniences of
any US city with less hassle and less cost.

The tranquil life here has added to our
quality of life [and to 100s of other expats who live nearby].We’re happy to watch the pot boil from a
distance!>Dan Prescher of International
Living

Maine Governor Paul LePage wants to
rewrite the law after becoming incensed at the plight of an elderly, disabled
couple — one of whom is a veteran — who were evicted from their home of 33
years because they are too impoverished to pay taxes…it makes me want to puke
and want to consider Simon Black’s premise.]

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